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Checklist for Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
368
4268
12556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
4267
12554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
4207
12406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
237
3469
10524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
58
445
1022
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
12
74
209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
4
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
3
6
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ethiopia
3 Families width 8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat3SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ethiopia
6 Genera with 8 Species
Macrocera Meigen, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophila Meigen, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Orseolia Kieffer & Ma..., 19732SpeciesTaxom
Perrisia Rondani, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Rabdophaga Westwood, 1918Willow Gall Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Sciara Meigen, 19062SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Macrocera lateralis Freeman, 1970
Mycetophila ruficollis Meigen, 1818
Orseolia cynodontis (Kieffer & Ma..., 1902)⇒ Orseolia difficilis Gagne, 1973
Orseolia difficilis Gagne, 1973
Perrisia vitis idaea (Kieffer, 1909)⇒ Dasineura vitisidaea Kieffer, 1909
Rabdophaga oleiperda Guercio, 1918
Sciara speculum Bezzi, 1906
Sciara trileucarthra Bezzi, 1906

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in Ethiopia
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall midges, Wood Midges
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyKeroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Sciaroidea at artfakta.se
Sciaroidea at dyntaxa.se